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Cristiano Ronaldo
Personal information
Full name	Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Date of birth	February 5 1985(1985-02-05)
Place of birth	Funchal, Portugal
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward/Winger
Club information
Current club	Real Madrid
Number	7
Youth clubs
1993–1995 1995–1997 1997–2001	Andorinha Nacional Sporting CP
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2001–2003 2003–2009 2009–	Sporting CP Manchester United Real Madrid	025 0(3) 196 (84) 033 (27)
National team
2001–2002 2003 2002–2003 2004 2003–	Portugal U-17 Portugal U-20 Portugal U-21 Portugal U-23 Portugal	009 0(6) 005 0(1) 006 0(3) 003 0(1) 076 (23)

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (born 5 February 1985), commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo currently holds the distinction of being the most expensive player in football history after having transferred to Real Madrid from Manchester United in a deal worth £80 million (€94m, US$132m). His contract with Real Madrid is believed to have made him the highest-paid football player in the world.

Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, then moved to Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting Clube de Portugal. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and he signed the 18-year-old for £12.24 million in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup, and reached the UEFA Euro 2004 final with Portugal, in which tournament he scored his first international goal.

In 2008, Ronaldo won his first UEFA Champions League title, and was named player of the tournament. He was named the FIFPro World Player of the Year and the FIFA World Player of the Year, in adittion to becoming Manchester United's first Ballon d'Or winner in 40 years. Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff said in an interview on 2 April 2008, "Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United".

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Real Madrid current squad
1. Casillas 2. Carvalho 3. Pepe 4. Ramos 5. Gago 6. Diarra 7. Ronaldo 8. Kaká 9. Benzema 10. Diarra 11. Granero 12. Marcelo 13. Adán 14. Xabi Alonso 15. Mateos 16. Canales 17. Arbeloa 18. Albiol 19. Garay 20. Higuaín 21. León 22. di María 23. Özil 24. Khedira 25. Dudek Manager  José Mourinho

Template:Portugal squad (UEFA Euro 2004) Template:Portugal squad (FIFA World Cup 2006) Template:Portugal squad (UEFA Euro 2008)

Portugal – 2010 FIFA World Cup
1. Eduardo 2. Bruno Alves 3. Ferreira 4. Rolando 5. Duda 6. Carvalho 7. C. Ronaldo 8. P. Mendes 9. Liédson 10. Danny 11. Simão 12. Beto 13. Miguel 14. Veloso 15. Pepe 16. Meireles 17. Amorim 18. H. Almeida 19. Tiago 20. Deco 21. Costa 22. D. Fernandes 23. Coentrão Manager  Carlos Queiroz